Grenabo L, Eddeland A, Ståhl A, Tengström B. Serum level of prostatic acid phosphatase after diagnostic rectal examination. Comparison between spectrophotometric and a radioimmunological assay.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 1984;
56:213-6. [PMID:
6208961 DOI:
10.1111/j.1464-410x.1984.tb05363.x]
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Abstract
The serum level of prostatic acid phosphatase was measured before and after diagnostic rectal palpation in 24 patients with a clinically normal prostate and in 32 patients with benign hyperplasia of the prostate. There was a significant rise in the 32 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. All of the values had returned to the original level after 24 h. Similar results were obtained with either a spectrophotometric method or a radioimmunoassay.
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